Beneath the Planet of the apes Gorilla Costume

This costume, to the best of my knowledge, was worn by a background Gorilla soldier character in the 1970 motion picture Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the highly acclaimed sequel to 1968s Planet of the Apes, both starring Charlton Heston. The outfit consists of a vinyl purple and black striped vest and purple front buttoned cotton shirt with Western costume label and a pair of black gloves with oversized purple vinyl cuffs, a pair of purple pants with Western Costume label and a brown bandolier. The original Western Costume Company label is sewn inside of the vest with the number 2431-1 and size 46 typed in black ink. There were two types of background Gorilla costumes made for the production, ones with leather vests that were used for close up shots, and the vinyl version seen here which were used for background shots.

The items are in very good screen worn condition with minor wear from their use in the film and possible other productions. The item "Beneath the Planet of the apes Gorilla Costume" is in sale since Monday, January 29, 2018. This item is in the category "Entertainment Memorabilia\Movie Memorabilia\Props\Originals".